Happy Mother's Day

To My Mother

Christina Rossetti (1842)

To-day’s your natal day,

Sweet flowers I bring;

Mother, accept, I pray,

My offering.

And may you happy live,

And long us bless;

Receiving as you give

Great happiness.

Mother o’ Mine

Rudyard Kipling (1891)

If I were hanged on the highest hill,

   Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine

I know whose love would follow me still,

   Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!

If I were drowned in the deepest sea,

   Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine

I know whose tears would come down to me,

   Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!

If I were damned of body and soul,

I know whose prayers would make me whole,

   Mother o’ mine, 0 mother o’ mine!

To the strongest woman I will ever know.

At first glance Mom's hands may seem crippled and meek.

She flinches when you bump them and her grip is quite weak.

But these hands are a reflection ..........

By REENA SHARMA